Pasupuleti Mohan Kumar, Penmetsa Gautami S, Gottumukkala Sruthima Nvs, Vintha Jaswitha, Santosh Vamsi E, Meghana G
Vishnu Dental College, Bhimavaram, India.
J Patient Exp. 2021 Nov 26;8:23743735211056436. doi: 10.1177/23743735211056436. eCollection 2021.
Dental students, especially postgraduate students present a higher risk of getting infected because of their close contact with the patients during this pandemic. The objectives of the study include (a) the reasons for postgraduate students' altered emotional status during coronavirus (COVID-19) infection. (b) To assess the kind of infection protocols adopted. (c) To assess the impacts of postgraduate students' emotional status on treating patients with periodontal problems during the COVID-19 lockdown period from March 2020 to December 2020. The emotional status of postgraduate students was assessed in 2 phases that are at the initial phase of COVID infection and lockdown and the second phase when the lockdown was prolonged. Questionnaires were distributed to the Postgraduate students of periodontics all over India to assess their level of awareness of COVID infection, type of infection control measures followed during the pandemic period, as well as the outpatient turnout during the lockdown period. Results of this study stated that more than 80% of students addressed the decline in the number of patients to surgical clinics, 76.3% of postgraduates were worried about themselves and their families due to the pandemic situation. Surprisingly, 74.3% of them even worried about losing their expertize or skills due to a long lockdown period. Dental postgraduates all over India are willing to treat their patients during the period of a pandemic but in strict compliance with infection control guidelines. This study assessed the emotional responses of the postgraduates during the pandemic through the questionnaire and concluded that all the professionals are ready to resume their clinical activities with adequate guidelines provided.
牙科学生，尤其是研究生，由于在此次疫情期间与患者密切接触，感染风险更高。本研究的目的包括：（a）研究生在冠状病毒（COVID-19）感染期间情绪状态改变的原因。（b）评估所采用的感染防控方案类型。（c）评估2020年3月至2020年12月COVID-19封锁期间研究生的情绪状态对治疗牙周问题患者的影响。研究生的情绪状态分两个阶段进行评估，即COVID感染和封锁初期，以及封锁延长的第二阶段。向印度各地的牙周病研究生发放问卷，以评估他们对COVID感染的认知水平、疫情期间采取的感染控制措施类型，以及封锁期间的门诊量。本研究结果表明，超过80%的学生提到外科诊所的患者数量减少，76.3%的研究生因疫情形势担心自己和家人。令人惊讶的是，74.3%的人甚至担心由于长期封锁而失去专业知识或技能。印度各地的牙科研究生愿意在疫情期间治疗患者，但会严格遵守感染控制指南。本研究通过问卷评估了研究生在疫情期间的情绪反应，并得出结论，所有专业人员都准备好在提供适当指南的情况下恢复临床活动。
